Raised by a single dad in the Bronx, Anibal Martinez developed an eagerness to see the world at an early age. Anibal studied abroad not once but twice during his four years at Amherst College. He served in the Peace Corps in Papua New Guinea. Before enrolling in law school, he worked as a flight attendant. All these experiences cultivated a deep respect for other cultures and society’s most vulnerable people.
Today, Anibal is among about 700 U.S. immigration judges assigned to a backlog of asylum seekers that numbers about 3.5 million. Given his worldliness and empathy, especially for children, I can’t think of anyone more qualified to do the job.
in this episode, you’ll learn:
- What an immigration judge of the United States does
- How he and other immigration judges in the US adjudicate asylum cases
- How his father cultivated Anibal’s passion for seeing the world
- The influence that playing football at Amherst had on him
- The Amherst classmates he wants me to talk to next
To contact Anibal, visit his LinkedIn and Facebook profiles.
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